STRL’s short interest shows a sharp rise on 2025-08-29

The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Sterling Infrastructure Inc shares valued at $790,545 were sold by Wolf Mark D. on Jun 24 ’25. At $225.87 per share, Wolf Mark D. sold 3,500 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 29,315 shares worth approximately $10.22 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, Wolf Mark D. purchased 3,500 shares, netting a total of over 790,545 in proceeds.

Before that, O’Brien Dana C. had sold 10,154 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $2,097,613, the Director traded Sterling Infrastructure Inc shares for $206.58 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 10,154 shares, worth approximately $5.75 million.

As published in a research note from DA Davidson on February 27, 2025, Sterling Infrastructure Inc [STRL] has been rated up from a Neutral to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $185. Analysts at William Blair started covering the stock with ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid January. As of February 28, 2024, DA Davidson has decreased its “Buy” rating to a “Neutral” for STRL. Earlier on February 09, 2017, KeyBanc Capital Mkts downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Sector weight” for STRL stock which previously was a “an Overweight”.

Analyzing STRL Stock Performance

On last trading session, Sterling Infrastructure Inc [NASDAQ: STRL] rose 8.61% to $348.58. The stock’s lowest price that day was $323.2, but it reached a high of $351.28 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 10.25%. Over the course of the year, Sterling Infrastructure Inc shares have jumped approximately 170.62%.

Is Sterling Infrastructure Inc subject to short interest?

Stocks of Sterling Infrastructure Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-08-29 jumping by 0.33 million shares to 2.5 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-31 was 2.16 million shares. A jump of 13.32% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.76 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 4.76.

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In terms of Sterling Infrastructure Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 185 in the next 12 months, down nearly -42.36% from the previous closing price of $320.94. Analysts anticipate Sterling Infrastructure Inc stock to reach 185 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 185. In spite of this, 1 analysts ranked Sterling Infrastructure Inc stock as Hold at the end of 2025. On May 25, 2016, Maxim Group assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and reiterated coverage with a $6.

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